Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is proposing splitting up the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services and moving several major divisions and programs into a new agency called the Nevada Health Authority.

Lombardo says they need to come together to find solutions for urgent issues like affordable housing and access to adequate health care

Nevada's Republican governor extended a hand Wednesday to the Democratic-controlled state Legislature, saying they need to come together to find solutions for urgent issues like affordable housing and access to adequate health care.

Permanent teacher pay raises, state investments in housing and measures to strengthen criminal penalties for theft and drug violations. That and much more was part of Governor Joe Lombardo’s State of